Juan Uriagereka, who was offered the job of dean of the University of Maryland's graduate school, will not assume the position.

University President Wallace Loh announced in a campuswide email Aug. 28 that Uriagereka, a linguistics professor, had been appointed to the position, but this university never announced whether he had accepted it.

Interim Dean Jeffrey Franke will continue to lead the school in the meantime, Provost Mary Ann Rankin wrote in a statement.

"The search for a Dean of the Graduate School continues," Rankin wrote. "In the meantime, I continue to be grateful to our Interim Dean Jeff Franke for skillfully leading and guiding graduate studies during an important time."

Franke was not considered a candidate for the position because he did not meet the university requirement of being a professor, Loh told The Diamondback earlier this month.

Shani Kamberi, a junior chemistry major, testifies before the Maryland House of Delegates Ways and Means committee on Thursday Feb. 21, 2019. Kamberi wrote a bill that would mandate organ and tissue donation education in Maryland public schools for the 2020-21 school year. (Photo by Matthew McDonald/For The Diamondback)